Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation, Paperback - Nancy F. Cott

Reducere. DescriptionWe commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering h...

Reducere. From a Harvard historian, this riveting portrait of four trailblazing American journalists highlights the power of the press in the interwar period...

Reducere. Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who...

The lucid, straightforward Preface of this Handbook by the two editors and the comprehenSIve perspec tives offered in the Introduction by one ofthe...

Reducere. Marriage rituals and divorce procedures have varied widely over time and across cultures. The History of Marriage and Divorce explores the evolutio...

Reducere. Although hundreds of thousands of people died fighting in the Civil War, perhaps the war's biggest casualty was the nation's legal order. A Nation ...

From the Norman Conquest to the Battle of Bosworth Field - how Britain was invaded and become a nation. The first volume in the stunning four-volum...

Based on close readings of texts, Zeina Halabi counters the prevalent reading of late 20th-century Arabic literature as a neoliberal, apolitical, f...

Reducere. The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in ove...

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Reducere. The Red Lake Nation has a unique and deeply important history. Unlike every other reservation in Minnesota, Red Lake holds its land in common--and,...

Offers a narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States.

Reducere. A reader-friendly translation of this important sutra about the causes-and-consequences and do's-and-don'ts in our lives along with caring prayers,...

Reducere. Nancy Prince is an African American woman who writes about her personal and professional life, including her marriage and travels abroad to Russia ...

Reducere. For over 400 years, Taiwan has suffered at the hands of multiple colonial powers, but it has now entered the decade when its independence will be w...

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Reducere. Description"A hard-hitting analysis." --Kirkus Reviews Benjamin J. Stein reveals how Michael Milken sold $200 billion of junk bonds, turned corpora...

Reducere. With the Israeli-Palestinian crisis reaching wartime levels, where is the latest confrontation between these two old foes leading? Robert Fisk's ex...

Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to tell the story of the nati...

In Who Built Scotland, the authors pick twenty-five buildings to tell the history of a nation. In vivid travelogues, they explore Scotland's social...

When Jeanne Nolan, a teenager in search of a less materialistic, more authentic existence, left Chicago in 1987 to join a communal farm, she had no...

Reducere. Over the latter half of the twentieth century, the Guatemalan state slaughtered more than two hundred thousand of its citizens. In the wake of this...

Anatomy of a Nation explores over 800, 000 years of British identity by examining 50 documents that tell the story of what makes Britain unique: it...

The 107-year history of an organisation set up in 1908 to create an 'inventory' of Scotland's archaeology and buildings.

Reducere. Jonathan Osorio investigates the effects of Western law on the national identity of Native Hawaiians in this impressive political history of the Ki...

Reducere. Now in paperback comes the story of Richard J. Daley, the last of the big city bosses, the patriarch of a political dynasty, and a major national f...

The first book to tell the history of Britain through its headwearIllustrations: 120 Illustrations, unspecified

Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...

Reducere. "In this book, President Kennedy tells us what immigrants have done for America, and what America has done for its immigrants. It is one of the dra...

Reducere. Immigration makes America what it is and is formative for what it will become. America was settled by three different models of immigration, all of...

Reducere. DescriptionWe live in the grip of a great illusion about politics, Pierre Manent argues in A World beyond Politics? It's the illusion that we would...

DescriptionRuthie Gillespie's efforts to find out the truth about a mysterious missing rock star lead her on a terrifying journey into the past. Re...

A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinati...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nancy F. Barrett EddAs a busy professional, you may be asked to reduce programs, cut budgets, or change staffing patterns. ...

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Reducere. "Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life."--The New Yor...

DescriptionAn unexpected lunar eclipse. A poisonous fog that cripples the capital. Statues that weep blood. As the catalogue of calamities mount, f...

DescriptionOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Nancy FonerIllustration(s): 1 b/w illus. 1 table. 1 map.Number of pages: 232Publication date: 2022D...

Reducere. From family trees written in early American bibles to birther conspiracy theories, genealogy has always mattered in the United States, whether for ...

Reducere. DescriptionAlthough of another place and time, the Bloomsbury group confronted issues that are remarkably current: international crises, war, the v...